It sounds more like a blueprint for winning a war than a hockey game, but Workies combined impenetrable defence with a pin-point aerial assault to be crowned Tamworth men's first grade premiers for the 10th time in 11 seasons.
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They were simply brilliant as they hammered minor premiers South United 6-1 to emphatically turn around a three goal last meeting loss and further cement their dynasty.
The best attacking side in the competition, as was the case in last year's triumph, the victory was built on their defence, Souths' lone goal coming with just over two minutes on the clock.
"We just defended really really well," coach Andrew Farmilo said.
"We knew they could score goals and we knew we could score goals so we just really figured all we had to do was nullify their attack and limit their opportunities and our attack would just flow."
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It was as good as defensive performance in his opinion as they have put together in a grand final.
Bar a few short corners, which they successfully diffused, there was just no way through for Souths, Workies' defence like a brick wall.
And then when they got the turnover their ability to shift the ball quickly, either by air or ground, just caught Souths' out. Two of Workies goals came directly from a Souths corner.
In an instant they were up the other end and burying the ball in the back of the net.
The aerial assault from Workies was deliberate and well-executed, with Ehren Hazell delivering some pin-point overheads to link up with his attackers.
"We tried to get in nice and tight so we could try and throw even littler bombs to our midfield and if we didn't get that we knew our strikers were going to be there," Farmilo said.
"It's just an easy tactic to release pressure and they have to defend, they have to get the ball back."
They did change their tactics up a bit in the second half.
"They started to change, so we figured we've got some open lines now where we can just shift the ball along the deck and as long as we passed it quickly we would still make inroads and that's what we did in the second half," he said.
They did the damage in the first half, Blake Abra sealing a 4-nil lead at the break with what Farmilo labelled a "screamer" right on half-time
"From fullback he just went, had a shot, got a goal," he said.
Lachie Butler had scored in a similar fashion to open the scoring. After surging through the midfield, he offloaded to Nick Chaffey before continuing on to receive the return pass and firing it home on the reverse.
He was a real workhorse in the midfield alongside Toby Whitten and Calvin Farmilo, and duly awarded the Butch Southwell Medal as the player of the grand final.
Ehren Hazell was then brilliant at the back marshalling the defence.
"He's just so clinical," Farmilo said.
"He's still probably one of the best attackers and he's one of the best defenders so he's just an asset to have."
Souths captain-coach Sam Clifton could only commend Workies.
"You were far too clinical," he said addressing them at the presentation.
